Welcome

Greetings – and thank you for taking the time read our prospectus and find out about the values our school lives by. I hope you’ll also read the smaller companion information booklet, look through our website, and even better, visit us in person! We’d love to show you round.

Our vision is very clear; we’re here to develop the young people in our care, and to provide a place to learn where they feel challenged, supported and enriched. We expect high standards of achievement and involvement, and we help our students work towards being the best they can be, in countless ways.

It’s exciting to be in a school named after a real, local and national hero, and to inspire our students to look up to our namesake. Brigadier James Hargest, veteran of two world wars and a Member of Parliament for Invercargill, is remembered for his tenacity, perseverance, integrity, and leadership – qualities which are valued just as much now, and will continue to be in our children’s future world.

Here at Hargest, our twin campus school provides the best of both worlds. It provides a separate, secure, home-room based environment for Year 7-8’s (with the advantage of extensive specialist teaching), and a Year 9-13 campus where students are encouraged to stretch themselves, and build a strong platform for their lives as global citizens of the future. The "step up" from the Junior to the Senior Campus is now a tradition celebrating the coming of age of our students.

Both the Junior and Senior Campus complement learning experiences in classes with an enviable range of cultural, sporting, leadership and service opportunities.

In all their endeavours, they are taught and encouraged to proudly follow "The Hargest Way", as exemplified by our school values:

We respect each other

We work hard

We take care of our environment

We treat all people fairly

We are honest

We are responsible for all we do

If this sounds like a place you want your child to be – please join us !

We look forward to meeting you, and working in partnership with you.

 Download 2011 prospectus